Adopted Budget FY 2018-2019

General Fund
Legal
www.mcallen.net/departments/attorney
Performance Measures
Actual Goal Estimated Goal
FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 17-18 FY 18-19
Inputs:
Number of full time employees 10 13 14 14
Number of Attorneys 7 7 8 8
Department Expenditures $ 1,683,399 $ 1,681,079 $ 1,712,611 $ 1,759,035
Outputs:
Number of City Government Entities
Represented 23 29 29 29
City Commission meetings & workshops attended 45 48 45 45
Subordinate agency meetings attended 321 350 323 323
Human Resource Hearings held 15 16 10 10
Resolutions, ordinances, orders,
agreements, contracts, leases, deeds, liens &
opinions prepared & reviewed
440 458 420 420
Number of Municipal Court Hearings
Supervised 11,000 12,100 7,000 7,000
Right of Way acquisitions, projects, etc.
prepared and overseen
75 55 175 175
Effectiveness Measures:
Number of lawsuits filed against City 18 20 20 20
Number of lawsuits filed by City 2 1 1 1
Number of lawsuits resolved before trial 13 15 15 15
Number of lawsuits tried 1 1 1 1
Number of lawsuits resolved with Plantiff
receiving no compensation 9 10 10 10
Efficiency Measures:
Department expenditures per capita $ 11.77 $ 11.57 $ 11.79 $ 11.91
*N/A=Not Available, N/P=Not Provided
Description:
The function of the City
Attorney’s Office is to serve
the City of McAllen with
the highest quality of legal
advice and representation.
The office advises the
Mayor, City Commission,
City Management, City
Boards and employees in
all areas of the law. The
City Attorney’s Office is
involved in the preparation
of contracts, code
enforcement, legislation,
real estate, litigation, labor
and financial matters for
the City. The City
Attorney’s Office also
defends the City in civil
lawsuits and prosecutes
Class “C” misdemeanors in
municipal court and
oversees the City’s Right of
Way Department relating
to condemnation and other
issues. The Office is
located at City Hall. The
City Attorney also serves in
the capacity of the City’s
Emergency Management
Coordinator by
appointment of the Mayor.
While the City currently
has no formal department
of Emergency
Management, the
Emergency Management
Coordinator (“EMC”)
coordinates the emergency
planning, preparedness,
response, and recovery
aspects of all departments
city-wide.
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